Live Special: Jimmy Wales on the Lessons of Wikipedia
About this episode
David Runciman talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the lessons learned from the success of Wikipedia and its implications for trust and democracy.
Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival: David talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about what we can learn from the astonishing success of an encyclopaedia built by its users. When and how did people realise they could trust Wikipedia? What makes Wikipedia different from Uber, Airbnb and other online businesses that depend on public trust? Are there wider lessons for how we might do democracy differently? And what will happen to Wikipedia in the age of AI? Jimmy Wales’s book The Seven Rules of Trust is available now https://bit.ly/3Q4KuWT You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes including PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Now & Then with Robert Saunders – The Brexit Referendum 10 Years On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: David Runciman
Guest: Jimmy Wales
Topics covered
- Wikipedia
- trust
- democracy
- AI
- online businesses
- public trust
Keywords
- Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales
- trust
- democracy
- AI
- online businesses
- public trust
- Cheltenham Science Festival
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wikipedia, Uber, Airbnb
Books & works: The Seven Rules of Trust
Places: Cheltenham Science Festival
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